Neo-Confucianism in History by Peter K Bol
The book argues that as Neo-Confucians put their philosophy of learning into practice in local society, they justified a new social ideal in which society at the local level was led by the literati with state recognition and support.-
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Hideyoshi
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Disciplining the State
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A New Practical Primer of Literary Chinese
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The Tokyo War Crimes Trial
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Islands of Eight Million Smiles
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Muslim Chinese
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The Late Tang
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Rethinking the 1898 Reform Period
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House and Home in Modern Japan
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The Modern Epidemic
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Writing Technology in Meiji Japan
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The Silver Thread of the Deep
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Earthquake Children
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War and National Reinvention
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Deliverance and Submission
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Defining Engagement
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Gendering Modern Japanese History
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Dead Letters
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Constructing “Korean” Origins
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Harnessing Divinity
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Word Embodied
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The Evolution of Labor Relations in Japan
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China during the Great Depression
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Robert Hart and China’s Early Modernization
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The Promised Republic
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Body, Society, and Nation
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The Dao of Muhammad
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The Efficacious Landscape
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A Patterned Past
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Jewel in the Ashes
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Breaking Barriers
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Colonial Industrialization and Labor in Korea
Bol offers a comprehensive interpretation and polemical analysis of the place where ‘Neo-Confucianism fits into our story of China’s history’ In reexamining China’s Middle Period, he compares the role of literati in Song and Yuan with that of the early and late Ming dynasty. Highlighting the development of discourse on learning, he observes that neo-Confucianism shifts moral authority away from the political system and toward a new conception of self, importantly developing the category of mind as the basis of moral guidance grounded in an act of will. In the late Ming this move promoted limited government combined with a new emphasis on autonomy and individual social responsibility that extended to people of all backgrounds. Bol points out that in spite of changes in the model of neo-Confucianism in the 17th century and the Qing conquest, the imperial order later continued to look to local elite leadership as the strength of its own existence. He brings forth evidence to support his projection that dual voices can perhaps ‘speak to China today.’ Bol argues that neo-Confucianism could serve, not just as history, but as a resource for thinking about the present. -- J. M. Boyle * Choice *
Peter K. Bol is Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674053243 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674053249 |
| Title | Neo-Confucianism in History |
| Author | Peter K Bol |
| Series | Harvard East Asian Monographs |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harvard University, Asia Center |
| Year published | 2010-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 450 |
| Prizes | Nominated for Joseph Levenson Book Prize 2010 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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